Awhile back I realized that my husband’s office was throwing away about a trash bag full of shredded papers per week. This seemed like a waste to me, so he started bringing them home.
At first I was just adding them to our compost bin when it looked too wet, and they were working great, but he was bringing them home faster than I could use them. One day we needed bedding in our large dog crate. We used the paper shreds and the wheels started turning!
Yesterday I needed to add more bedding to the deep litter in our goat barn. Usually I use wheat straw, old hay or pine shavings. Today I had a great idea!
 |
| Say “hi” to Daisy the goat! |
It now looks like it snowed in the barn, but the goats have fresh, clean, soft bedding, and 3 bags of paper shreds didn’t go to the landfill and are now on their way to becoming great compost. Score one for me!
My mom is now also saving her shreds for me and I’m thinking about asking for a shredder for Christmas. If you have paper shreds that need a use, bring them to me or use them as mulch in your own garden! They are a wonderful, but often forgotten resource.
Oh, and yes, in case you were wondering, I am so cheap that I carefully untied the bags and later stashed them under the kitchen sink to be re-used in the trash can!
Shared on the Homeacre Hop the Homesteader’s Hop and Small Footprint Fridays!
Have you ever tried this? I double-dog-dare you to give it a shot! But don’t forget to come back and tell me how it worked for you!
LOVE this! My goat lives with her best friend, a pot-bellied pig. Chickens roost above their beds (poop boards keep everything clean!) I think shredded paper would work great. Thanks for the idea!
You’re welcome! I can just see this now, goat, pig and chickens, one big happy family! I love it!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing on The HomeAcre Hop! I would have saved the bags too 😉
Ya its a great Idea. I have bought a new shredder. But i didn’t know that what to do with shredded papers. It is a good idea. I will try to some thing creative like this.
NEEDA SHREDDER
Great post! I’ll try this in the chicken coop. Thanks!
(found this post on the Homesteaders hop)
~L
Pingback: How to Keep Birds Off Fruit Trees - Green Eggs & Goats